"EVA Air long has been a great partner for Boeing," said Ray Marzullo, vice president, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Aviation Service. "The airline's continued investment in advanced technology is a great example of their unrelenting commitment to high quality and reliable service."
The EFB can carry all documentation and forms carried by the pilots – aeronautical charts, manuals for fault reporting and operations, minimum equipment lists and logbooks – all in digital format at the crew’s fingertips. It also includes an on-board performance tool that allows the pilot to calculate the ideal speeds and engine setting for an aircraft instantly, in any weather, on any runway, with any payload.
In addition, it can enhance runway situational awareness: The EFB integrates geo-referencing technology with airport taxi charts to show flight crews exactly where they are on the tarmac. The EFB also gives flight crews a viewer for monitoring the Flight Deck Door area, helping them meet new and anticipated regulatory requirements.
EVA will use a hard-mounted “Class 3” version of the EFB comprising software from Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen and electronics and display hardware from Astronautics Corp. of America on its aircraft. Boeing CIS received FAA certification for its Class 3 EFB in October 2003, when the first commercial unit was delivered to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Under the agreement, EVA will have an EFB system installed, certified and delivered on the 15 777s that it has on order. EVA will receive its first EFB-carrying 777 in mid 2005
Installation of an EFB gives EVA a first step into the future of the e-enabled air transport system. Boeing intends to offer content, applications, and services that connect all the data generated by an entire flight operation – in the air, on the ground and in the hangar -- meaningful to all users: pilots, mechanics, flight attendants, operations departments and airport users – and other potential customers. |